India Abroad - June 10, 2011

THE WEEK THAT WAS
Nationalist Congress Party members at
a protest May 31 against the shortage
of drinking water in Ahmedabad
Secular. The sudden decision to go in for the
trust vote — the fourth the Yeddyurappa gov-
ernment has won — was taken by the state
BJP June 1. Earlier, a recommendation by
Governor H R Bhardwaj to impose President’s
rule — in the wake of the Supreme Court
striking down the disqualification of 11 BJP
rebel legislators and five Independents — had
been rejected by the federal government.
Maharashtra ups legal drinking age to 25
The Maharashtra government last week
increased the legal age for drinking liquor in
the state from 21 to 25 years. The restriction
pertains to hard liquor like rum, gin, whisky,
vodka and country-made alcohol while the
legal age for the consumption of mild beer has
been fixed at 21 years. The provisions are a
part of the government’s new de-addiction pol-
icy.
BJP leaders to visit Washington
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley
will lead a party delegation to Washington, DC
later this month. This will be the first high-
level contact between India's main opposition
party and the US in years. The BJP's relation-
ship with Washington had soured after the
party opposed the US-India nuclear deal.
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tenure. He said there was a need to review the securi-
ty arrangements in the coastal belt in view of the ter-
rorist attack on a navy base in Pakistan.
Chidambaram said there are total 31 mercy peti-
tions with his ministry, out of which 19 have been
resubmitted with decision on 11 cases in the last 30
months. The ministry is yet to submit its report on
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, on death row,
to the President.
The house of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi — whose daughter Kanimozhi is in judicial custody over the 2G spectrum scam — in
Chennai bears a deserted look as the leader spends a low-key 88th birthday, June 3
Mayawati announces new land acquisition policy
Uttar Pradesh has announced a new land acquisi-
tion policy under which its role in acquiring land for
private developers will only be that of a facilitator.
Chief Minister Mayawati, who held a town-hall-style
meeting with farmers, announced that the new policy
will be implemented immediately and developers will
be acquiring land directly from the farmers.
President rejects proposal to sack minister
Indian President Pratibha Patil has rejected
the Delhi Lokayukta’s recommendation to sack the
state’s Public Works Department Minister Raj Kumar
Chauhan for his alleged involvement in protecting a
leading resort in a tax evasion case. The home min-
istry conveyed the President’s decision to the
Lokayukta in writing.
Karnataka chief minister wins another trust vote
The Bharatiya Janata Party government in
Karnataka headed by Chief Minister B S
Yeddyurappa won a confidence vote in the assembly
119-0, amid a walkout by the Congress party and
Independents and a boycott by the Janata Dal-

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